For people on the ground
For people who want to feel more connected in everyday life: Close shows what is happening nearby and makes it easy to take the first step towards an activity that feels right.
Product
Residents discover. Partners publish. Decision-makers steer.
Close makes visible what is already there and makes real participation easier. Residents discover relevant offers, local partners reach people nearby, and institutions steer social activation with meaningful data.
Community-focused. Ad-free. Privacy-conscious. Built for real encounters in real places.
What Close is
One platform. Three perspectives.
For local partners
For associations, cafés, initiatives and meeting places: Close brings your offers to the people nearby who can discover them and genuinely take part.
For decision-makers
For municipalities, housing providers and social organisations: Close creates a shared view of what is reaching the neighbourhood – and where targeted support can make a difference.
App
The app for real encounters.
People see what is happening nearby: events, places, groups, spontaneous activities and relevant offers. Close turns interest into real participation.
- Discover local events
- Start or join spontaneous activities
- Find meeting places nearby
- Filter offers by interest and proximity
- Enable low-threshold participation
- Privacy-friendly and ad-free
Dashboard
The dashboard for steering and impact.
Municipalities, housing providers and social organisations see at a glance what is happening in the neighbourhood: which offers are active, which partners are involved, where participation is growing and where more activation is needed.
- Manage neighbourhoods, spaces and partners
- Overview of offers and activities
- Evaluate usage and activation
- Make impact and participation visible
- Identify gaps in local provision
- Data-driven decisions for neighbourhood development
Partner area
Local partners become visible.
Cafés, associations, meeting places, initiatives and social organisations can easily publish offers and reach people in the surrounding area.
- Publish events and activities
- Manage places and offers
- Reach target groups more effectively
- Make recurring formats visible
- Strengthen collaboration in the neighbourhood
Impact
Activity becomes insight.
Close shows not just reach, but activation: participation, repetition, partner engagement, offer density and perceived connection. This helps pilot partners understand what works and where to adjust.
- Reach and active usage
- Participation and return rate
- Partner activity
- Offer density and gaps
- Feedback from the neighbourhood
- Foundations for ESG reporting
How it works
From local offer to real participation.
Close does not create an artificial community. It makes existing social infrastructure easier to use and connects it with the people it is there for.
Local offers and places become visible
People discover relevant opportunities
Participation becomes easier
Encounters become recurring habits
Decision-makers see what works
Neighbourhoods are activated more deliberately
Why different
Not another social network.
Close is not an events calendar, a social network or a civic portal. It is the digital infrastructure that makes existing social offers discoverable and shows responsible partners what actually works. Built for real participation, local visibility and community-focused activation – not for reach, advertising or screen time.
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Close is not designed to keep people online longer. Close is designed to help them arrive offline more easily.
For whom
Close works on multiple levels.
Municipalities
For neighbourhood work, participation, prevention, social infrastructure and data-driven activation.
Housing Providers
For neighbourhood life, community spaces, social sustainability, ESG-relevant impact and vibrant housing stock.
Social Organisations
For visibility of offers, better reach of target groups and stronger local cooperation.
Foundations & Funders
For scalable activation projects with measurable impact and traceable results.
Local Partners
For easy publishing of offers and more visibility in the immediate surroundings.
Residents
For better orientation, more occasions and lower barriers to real contact.
Onboarding
From decision to live operation in four weeks.
A structured start creates clarity and minimises friction. Close supports the rollout technically and editorially.
Setup
Tenant configuration, access for local partners, neighbourhood structure. Close typically has the base setup ready within a day.
Build content
Bring first offers, places and partner profiles into the platform. Templates and onboarding support included.
First activation
Start communication to residents, observe early usage and feedback, adjust where needed.
Review and operations
Evaluate first reporting, address open questions and establish routines for ongoing operations.
Our promise
Close makes the invisible visible.
Many neighbourhoods have more potential than is immediately visible. Close makes this potential visible: existing places, active people, engaged organisations, unused spaces and new occasions for encounter.
Scattered offersConnected neighbourhood network
Low visibilityVisible places and offers
Isolated actorsActive participation
Unused spacesMeasurable impact
No overviewClear overview
Next step
See how Close can activate your neighbourhood.
Close can start as a pilot in a neighbourhood, housing estate, district or network of local partners. Together we define spaces, target groups, partners, offers and the right impact indicators.
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